Callimachi family
Callimachi, Calimachi, or Kallimachi (Greek: Καλλιμάχη, Russian: Каллимаки, Turkish: Kalimakizade; originally Calmașul or Călmașu), was a Phanariote family of mixed Moldavian (Romanian) and Greek origins. Originating in the boyardom of Orhei County, it gave Moldavia four reigning princes. The family remains present today in modern Romania.
Family tree of the Callimachi family
Members
Agnatic
- Vasile Călmașul, Moldavian landowner
- Teodor Calmășul, Moldavian boyar
- Ioan Teodor Callimachi, Prince of Moldavia (1758–1761)
- Gavriil Callimachi, Orthodox monk, Metropolitan of Moldavia (?–1786)
- Grigore Callimachi, Prince of Moldavia (1761–1764; 1767–1769)
- Alexandru Callimachi, Prince of Moldavia (1795–1799)
- Scarlat Callimachi, Prince of Moldavia (1806; de jure 1807–1810; 1812–1819); Prince of Wallachia (de jure 1821)
- Alexandros Kallimachis, Ottoman diplomat, Governor of Samos (1850–1854)
- Scarlat Callimachi, Romanian communist activist
Matrilineal
- Alexandru Papadopol-Calimah, Romanian cabinet minister and scholar
- Rukmini Callimachi, American journalist
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